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  The freedom experienced after being trapped in life’s corners. Nothing being resolved externally, but internally all is shifted. I walk between two world — paradise and past troubles. The jubilant exhalation of peace after turmoil. A purification of the soul and rejuvenation of the spirit. In flesh God resides here with me. In waking hours it is felt as dancing within my heart. In sleep it is felt as the nectar of honey and softness of loves kiss. The divine present moment felt as anticipation. Gratitude of past and present collide with excitation of what is to come. What...

Classic nursery rhymes are a great and time-tested tool for teaching kids new words, improving their language skills, and helping them learn rhythm. But here’s the thing: Many classic rhymes for kids are centuries old, and they haven’t aged well. You might not be aware, because you blithely sang them as a child without knowing what they meant. Many are quite dark, which is most definitely amusing for adults — but not appropriate for young children.The best nursery rhymes can help lull kids to sleep, as with “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” or get them laughing. They let kids play with...

Honey Bee Races By: Clarence Collison The native range of the honey bee includes the varied habitats of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, where they diverged into 25 morphologically distinguishable subspecies or geographic races. Eight of these subspecies were introduced to North America between the early 1600’s and 1922, at which time the U.S. Bee Act was implemented to restrict new importations that might introduce diseases or debilitating mites (Sheppard, 1989). The first race to be introduced, Apis mellifera mellifera L., the “dark bee” of northern Europe, was the only race present in North America for >200 years. Subsequently,...

New Year' dinner with all the good-luck foods Do you suppose there is any truth to the old saw that the way you spend New Year’s Day is an indication of the way your new year will go? If that’s not true, why eat black-eyed peas on January 1. This morning, I thought my new year was off to a really rocky start. I put honey and a tea bag in a coffee cup, ran hot water into a measuring cup to heat in the teakettle—and promptly poured it into the coffee cup. A ritual I’ve done a thousand times,...